Editorial Reviews
Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones: Experimental Musical Instruments
Music Review:
Music Review
Blockflötenmusik Des Barock II
Music: Musical Anthology of Arabian Peninsula, Vol. 1
Angel's Egg [Import] [Original recording remastered]
Alive II [Limited Edition] [Live] [Original recording remastered]
Astronaut (With Bonus DVD) [Enhanced] [Limited Edition]
Pulse! 1998
A rollicking pool party of a book and CD package! ... entertainment at its finest -- adventurous, warm, honest and throught-provoking.
Stereophile Magaine, 1998
Superbly done ... a head-stretcher for the eyes and ears ...
Album Description
Gravikords, Whirlies and Pyrophones is a book-and-CD package devoted to new and unheard-of musical instruments. The book, written by Bart Hopkin with an introduction by Tom Waits, is full of irresistible photographs and informative text; the CD is full of great music; every page and every track overflow with ideas and originality. Nineteen of the world’s most interesting and inventive musical instrument makers appear. For more on just what's included here, see the "artist bios" section and the track listing below. [NOTE: this is the abridged re-release of the earlier boxed set of the same title.This abridged version includes everything form the original CD plus one more track. The book, however, is in a smaller format, and while the book in the original version contained sections on all the artists on the CD plus many more, the book in this newer! release covers the artists from the CD only.)